Applique is my preferred method for making a quilt top. So far I have completed two full size quilts and three baby quilts using applique and have full size and one baby quilt in progress. The trend today seems to be fusible applique but I don't care for it, personally. The fusible seems to make the applique pieces too stiff, no matter what type I use. Also, I like to do hand stitching around the pieces and it is hard to get the needle through the fusing. That being said, I appreciate the machine applique other people do. I have a seashore McKenna kit I purchased and that calls for machine applique with invisible thread. Aargh! That is definitely going to be challenging.
Thank you craftybear for setting up this chit chat site.